I always feel so very lucky to see this painting in the flesh. It's so beautifully painted (the photo doesn't really do it justice)
The Blind Girl (1856) is a painting by John Everett Millais which depicts two itinerant beggars, presumed to be sisters, one of whom is a blind musician, her concertina on her lap. They are resting by the roadside after a rainstorm, before travelling to the town of Winchelsea, visible in the background.
The painting has been interpreted as an allegory of the senses, contrasting the experiences of the blind and sighted sisters. The former feels the warmth of the sun on her face, and fondles a leaf of grass, while the latter shields her eyes from the sun or rain and looks at the unusual spectacle of a double rainbow that has just appeared.
Oh lucky you....love the pre-raphaelites...hoped there would be an exhibition in London next week.....we only visit London once a year.....well it is a long way from Cornwall....however, can find nothing advertised.
@sabresun haha....that means leaving the county......I don't have a passport.......the furthest north I go is to London....and that only once a year.......
